Auburn, Alabama students to plant trees together
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 24
Students from Auburn University and the University of Alabama say they will plant two sister trees on each campus as a symbol of unity in the wake of recent vandalism to the storied live oaks at Toomer’s Corner on the Auburn campus. Student leaders from both schools announced the plan during a Wednesday news conference. Student government association presidents Kurt Sasser of Auburn and James Fowler of Alabama said they hope the project will create a permanent and visible representation of mutual respect for the age-old rivalry between the two schools…
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UA student was near Christchurch, New Zealand at time of earthquake
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 23
A University of Alabama student studying abroad in New Zealand has been affected by the earthquake. Gabriel Hastings is doing a year-long internship at a TV station in Auckland, New Zealand. Hastings’ parents went to visit him and the three of them were on their way to Christchurch, New Zealand when the quake hit.
Review: Adaptation of “Moby Dick” has power to sweep audiences away
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 24
…Pursuit of power, and the answers and questions buried in it like the rich raw materials dug from a whale’s carcass, is one of the many treasures, not buried but apparent, in this world premiere production at the University of Alabama. It’s orchestrated by director Seth Panitch with almost deific command, harnessing and harmonizing Burch’s muscular carving of Melville’s prose…Trimming verbose Melville down to a two-hour run time means cutting to the chase, literally, of the adventure tale at the heart of his book, and the show in the Marian Gallaway Theatre is at times utterly, viscerally thrilling…
The history of seat belt development
School Transportation News – Feb. 24
… A University of Alabama study group formed in response to a fatal Huntsville school bus crash three years earlier published its final report to Gov. Bob Riley and the Alabama Department of Education that the funds required to equip school buses with seat belts is best spent mitigating student injuries and fatalities that occur during loading or unloading…
Don Noble talks about Cason Award
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Feb. 23 The Cason Award-Alabama’s home prestigious award given to a non-fiction writer who exemplifies what journalism is all about during a long career. It’s an honor given by the University of Alabama. And here to tell me about it is Don Noble from the University’s College of Communication and Information Sciences.